Our projects

Boosting analytical capacity to enhance disease controlThe ANTENNA project is creating new training hubs for epidemiologists and statisticians in East, Central and West Africa.

Strengthening a regional centre of regulatory excellenceThe BREEDIME is building on previous EDCTP efforts to strengthen regulatory capacity in Tanzania, enabling the country to support...

Enhancing leprosy controlThe EDCTP2-funded PEP4LEP project has received additional funding to complete its study of two possible models for the delivery of preventive leprosy treatments and...

Tracking mpox at the Congo–DRC borderThe MPOX-PROBE project is tracking the emergence and spread of mpox on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of...

Combining vaccination and drug-based prevention of malariaThe IMVACS project is assessing whether delivering malaria vaccines as part of seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaigns will...

Training new African ‘bioentrepreneurs’The SAHRI Fellowship project provides promising researchers from sub-Saharan Africa with a structured three-year training programme that includes a 6...

Using genomics to track mpox Building on the existing Global Health EDCTP3-funded ODIN project, the ODIN-Mpox project is applying genomic technologies to wastewater surveillance to track the...

Probiotics to boost rotavirus vaccine responsesThe PRoRota project is assessing whether probiotic supplements can boost responses to rotavirus vaccination and reduce the risk of diarrhoeal...

Rapid detection of Ebola virus infectionsThe EPoCA project is developing an innovative new point-of-care test for Ebola virus infections that will also give insights into infection severity...

Building research capacity in antimicrobial resistanceThe CATCR project is training a new generation of researchers in the increasingly critical field of antimicrobial resistance.

Diagnosing skin conditions with AIThe SkincAIr project is developing an easy-to-use AI-based tool to support the diagnosis of skin conditions caused by neglected tropical diseases.

Supporting the next generation of African scientistsThe SOFAR project is establishing a training programme to advance the careers of promising students and early-career researchers in...

Coordinated strengthening of ethics review and regulatory capacity The SCALE-IT project is using a coordinated approach to strengthen ethics review and regulatory capacity across multiple...

Strengthening research capacity in Portuguese-speaking countriesThe CT-Luso project is developing ethical review and regulatory capacity specifically in Portuguese-speaking countries in sub...

Enhancing treatment of parasitic worm infectionsThe eWHORM project is using an innovative trial design to assess the efficacy of a promising new therapeutic, oxfendazole, against multiple...

Once-weekly pills for HIV controlThe POA project is evaluating a radically simplified HIV treatment regimen that could make it much easier for people living with HIV to control viral...

New options for drug-resistant tuberculosisThe EX-DR TB project is aiming to preserve the potency of a key TB drug, bedaquiline, and advance the development of potential successors.

An overarching clinical trials network for AfricaThe CTCAN project is creating an umbrella network connecting existing clinical trial networks in sub-Saharan Africa to provide a...

Finding and treating Cryptosporidium parasite infectionsThe CryptoT&T project is developing a test to detect Cryptosporidium intestinal parasite infections, which could usher in targeted...